favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
maid; helper; help; assistance
several minutes; a few minutes
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
go that far; to that extent
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
function; facility; faculty; feature
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
control; check; restraint; inhibition
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)